.22-250 Barrel Twist

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I recently purchased a Weatherby Vanguard in a 22-250, which has a 1: 14 1/2 twist. Which bullet weight should I be looking at for accuracy/stabilization? Information I got from Shilen's website suggested for .224 CF calibers it suggests: 1:14 twist for bulets up to 55grs; 1:15 twist for bulets up to 55grs. driven at 4,100 fps or more. What is everyones take on this?
 
My Ruger is 1:14 and it likes all of the 40, 45, 50, and 52 grainers I've fed it. I've only shot 55's once and the accuracy was so-so. It shoots 52 grain HPBT match bullets really well and some of the 40 grain loads are unbelievable, but all of the 40's I've tried are pretty good.
 
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The 250 "standard" twist is 1:14, and I imagine a 14.5 twist would be called that. 1:10 or 1:12 can be good long range barrels, and a 1:8 is awesome (but a real barrel burner).

What you can shoot out of it is going to depend on a number of factors, how fast you're pushing them, barrel wear, etc. Trying different bullets is going to be the only way to tell for sure.
 
My 14 twist Rem700 in 22-250 loved the 50 grain Moly V-Max's but I could'nt get the 55 grain NBT's to shoot for nothing. Up to the 52/53's should do fine for you. Seems like I read here that someone was getting good results with their 14 twist and 55's with Varget. Good luck
 
I have had (2) 22-250 with not much luck with good accuracy, a falling block browning and a S&W heavy barrel. A friend of mine was raving about his PD hunt using a savage 22-250. I got to looking at it as I shoot a 223. To me it's better to have a 1:8 twist 223 than a 1:12 22-250. I am a reloader and he is not. If they made a 1:8 Savage,
Ruger or Remington in 22-250, at least enough to stabilize the longer 224 bullets, I would pony up.
Jim
 
The 1 in 14 will shoot anything from 40 to 55's very well. Some of them will shoot 60gr bullets but some won't.

Jim, Steyr will be introducing there Varmint 22-250 with a 1 in 9 twist.
 
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